The Accidental Marketer Podcast

There are so many different definitions of marketing that it’s difficult to know exactly what the function is responsible in different organizations. In this podcast the team describes the different roles they’ve seen marketers play in a variety of companies, and the issues that are raised by not having a clear definition of the specific responsibilities marketers should have in a B2B organization.

Can a great strategy change a company’s culture for the better? A healthy strategic process includes a focus on customers, cross-functional participation, debate, great facilitation and aligned decision-making. Companies that want to improve their culture often find that these are the exact things they want to change about the current state. Listen in to hear the details.

In previous episodes, the team discussed the concepts of prioritizing and managing risk. In this third podcast on the topic the team talks about the actions and strategies a firm can take to proactively manage risk, based on which of the four approaches they decide on. A special emphasis is placed on examples of how companies are mitigating risk, because it is the approach that has the widest variety of strategies.

So how do you anticipate risks? And once you’ve identified risk, how do you know which are the important ones to focus on? Finally, what do you do to manage risks in your company?

In a second podcast on the topic of risk, the team discusses how to brainstorm a wide range of risks. They also introduce a simple two-dimensional framework for classifying risks, and begin a discussion (to be continued on the next podcast) for what to do about the significant ones.

Wars, inflation, supply chain issues, soaring interest rates, pandemics — it’s easy to look at these current risks as reasons for underperformance. But is that the mindset of a successful strategic marketer? In this Accidental Marketer podcast, the team discusses how risk effects everyone, and how volatility can create huge opportunity.

What can we learn from the wins and the misses of 2022? On a special episode, we at the Accidental Marketer sat down and discussed our favorite stories from this year as we also anticipate what’s to come in 2023.

As inflation continues at a high level, marketers who have created strong brands are reaping rewards. How can marketers improve the strength of their brand image right away, so that they can whether inflationary times and weak business cycles in the future? Mary, Sean and Tom are all over this topic in this podcast episode.

Though many companies have successfully taken inflationary price increases this year, Netflix was not one of them. Earlier this year, Netflix’ seemingly benign campaign to increase fees by a few dollars cost them over 600,000 subscribers and $50+ billion in market cap! What happened? The team discusses what they believe to be the strategic mistakes that Netflix made, and how things could have been different.

Inflationary levels not seen since the 1970’s are creating big economic challenges, and many businesses are looking to their marketers for strategic options. This new podcast season explores how inflationary times drive a range of approaches that marketers can use to help their companies navigate in these unique circumstances. Listeners will learn several steps for immediately reducing their risk, maintaining strong customer relationships and protecting margins when inflation is running rampant.

In this final episode of our short season covering the unification of Sales and Marketing, the team tackles the always interesting topic of metrics. Specifically, are there measures that will drive more Marketing and Sales collaboration in the post-pandemic world? The answer is yes — and the team dives into the specific metrics that should be focused on and evolved in companies that want better functioning commercial teams.